Pre-Police Interview Representation: Anything you say can and will be used against you. Even when you cooperate with police and try to be helpful, all you may be doing is building their case against you. Professional legal representation can protect you from self-incrimination and interrogation tricks.
Post-Conviction Motions & Representation: The reading of the verdict is never the end of your encounter with the justice system. Depending on the case and factors involved, our team of attorneys can appeal, file motions, and negotiate on your behalf.
Pre-Police Interview Representation
What Should I Do During A Pre-Police Interview?
You have a right to remain silent and you should remain silent. The only questions you are required to answers are 'what is your name' and 'where do you live'. Anything else may and will be used against you.
What Are Common Interrogation Tricks Used By The Police?
The police may utilize different tricks in order for you to provide them with information they are seeking. For example, they may pretend to be your best friend in order to obtain a self-incriminating statement. They may try to provoke you by hinting that they know you committed a crime. They may even coerce you to confessing to a crime by yelling in your face or other forms of intimidation. In order to protect your rights, you should remain silent.
Additionally, the police may ask for your consent to search your home. However, you are not required to provide consent to the police to search your home. Subject to certain exceptions, in general the police must have a warrant in order to search your home. Do not allow the police to take advantage of your rights.
What About My Miranda Rights?
Under the 5th Amendment of the Constitution, Miranda warnings must be given prior to interrogation by the police if you are under custody of the police. You cannot argue that your Miranda rights have been violated unless you were detained and legally not allowed to leave during the questioning.
Post-Conviction Motions & Representation
What Are My Options After I Have Been Convicted?
Depending on the facts of the case, our criminal law attorneys can appeal, file a motion for a new trial, file to modify the sentence, or negotiate on your behalf.
What Is An Appeal?
In criminal cases, an individual may appeal his or her case by asking an appellate court to review the case for legal error in regards to the conviction itself or the sentence imposed. The appellate court reviews the case by looking at the record from the lower court including the court reporter's transcripts and documents and objects admitted into evidence. The court does not consider any new evidence, unless the discovery of new evidence is the tact on which the appeal is based. After hearing arguments from both sides, the appellate court may either uphold the lower court's decision or find that the conviction or sentence was erroneous. Leveraging the wide range of knowledge offered by our team of lawyers, we have the legal knowledge and expert resources needed to build convincing, persuasive appeals cases for our clients.
What Is A Motion For A New Trial?
A Motion for a New Trial asks the court to overturn the court's decision or jury verdict. The motion will be granted if a significant error in the way the case was handled occurred. For example, a Motion for a New Trial may be granted if evidence was improperly excluded, there was an error in the jury instructions, or the verdict is contrary to the law of evidence. |
